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1.9.08 @ 12:01AM

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This will be difficult, as the media tends to ignore evidence of incompetence or outright stupidity in Democrats and equate anyone else pointing it out with "negativity," but the case can be made that while he is a bright young guy, he has a bit of growing up to do before he's ready to go toe-to-toe with Ahmadinejad, Putin, Chavez, Castro or any of the other world leaders who have it in for us. It doesn't hurt that Obama looks like a kid who just got his first boot camp haircut. It just makes it easier to see that he's wet behind the ears.
-- Mike Harris
MAJ, USA

JESUS DOESN'T LOVE YOU
Re: James D. Bailey's letter (under "Jesus Loves Me") in Reader Mail's Ronald Reagan's War:

I've been very reluctant to do this, but I can suppress it no longer, so, I'm going to stick my neck way out, here. As a religious history student both in college and seminary, I'd like to try and put this all in perspective in a few paragraphs. God help me!

At the risk of making you sad, Mr. Bailey, here's where I think the "detractors" have a problem with Mormonism. Do you believe you need the Book of Mormon to "live by His words"? If so, then what about the rest of us, who don't? Are we lost? And, what about all the Christians who lived before Joseph Smith? Were they lost? Why should any of us trust in Mormonism, or the "Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (nicknamed the Mormons)", for our salvation?

You see, it isn't that we think you're not Christians, necessarily, a lot of people say they are Christians, but that you misunderstand what it means to be a Christian! Now, before I give Ken Shreve a heart attack, let me be plain. I do not doubt your sincerity, or that you have faith in Christ, but I would challenge you to rethink who's doing the "misinforming" and "misleading" here.

If we can't be saved without accepting Joseph Smith as a prophet, endorsing the Book of Mormon, and joining the "Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (nicknamed the Mormons)," what are you saying? Basically, you're saying that for 1,800 years, until 1827, Christianity was a failure.

I'm going to leave it at that, because I can anticipate at least some of the response, and I don't want to provoke an even more prolonged debate than we've already had. But, while I'm more than willing, bending over backwards, actually, until my vertebrae are killing me, to acknowledge that Mormons profess a belief in Christ as savior, I'm unwilling to compromise the truth that Jesus said sets us free! Whether you're Baptist, Catholic, Lutheran, etc., etc., etc., we must believe we can understand that truth, or every thing else is in vain.

Oh, and by the way, if Mitt's nominated I will support him for POTUS. Until then, I will continue to support Fred Thompson. I've said it before, and I'll say it again. I think Mitt is out of his depth and too naive for the office. I don't care if he's a Mormon or an Appalachian snake charmer, I don't believe he is the best candidate, no matter what National Review says.

OK, I've had my little rant.
-- Mike Showalter
Austin, Texas

YOU'RE WELCOME?
Re: Jeremy Lott's The Planned Parenthood Primary:

Thanks for ruining my day.
-- Merlin Perkins
Bridgeport, Washington

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